On March 27, the Basque Association of Beach Tennis and Minority Sports, the Racquetball section, organized the II Basque Racquetball Championship (Doubles). The last tournament we did was in December of last year. Then some members of the association go together to play a new individual tournament. This time we played the following players: Daniel Barrientos, Alain Ibañez de Opakua, Andoni Mariezkurrena, Egoitz Campo, Joseba Zubiaurre, Jon Ander Gil, Jan Dabi Romero and Axel Pernett.
This time we met again at the San Ignacio Municipal Sports Center in Bilbao. We stayed there because at the moment in Bizkaia there is no Racquetball court built, nor any court that has similar dimensions. However, in Oñati (Gipuzkoa) there is a field with very similar dimensions, and possibly the II. Basque Racquetball Championship (individual) that we want to organize in July or August we will do it there. In this tournament, last Wednesday we played two rounds: semifinals and the second round; match for 3rd and 4th place and the grand final; obviously after making 4 even pairs.
Egoitz and Daniel won their two matches and won the tournament; proving to be the most regular couple. Andoni and Axel came in second place. Finally, I would like to say that although it is difficult, we will try to build a court, but the Oñati court opens up a new horizon for us that is certainly positive. If every thing goes well in July or August we will go to the Oñati court to play the individual tournament of this II. Basque Championship. Here are the results of the II. Basque Racquetball Championship (Doubles):
Results
Semifinals
Egoitz Campo/Daniel Barientos 2-1 Alain I./Jan Dabi Romero (11-8, 7-11, 11-9)
Andoni Mariezkurrena/ Axel Pernett 2-0 Joseba Zubiaurre/Jon Ander Gil (11-5, 11-6)
Match for 3º y 4º position
Alain I./Jan Dabi Romero 2-0 Joseba Zubiaurre/ Jon Ander Gil (11-4,8-11, 11-7)
Final
Egoitz Campo/Daniel Barrientos 2-1 Andoni Mariezk./ Axel Pernett(11-7, 8-11 11-9)
Classification of the II. Basque Championship of Racquetball (Doubles)
1-Egoitz Campo (Basque Country) / Daniel Barrientos (Basque Country)
2-Andoni Mariezkurrena (Basque Country) / Axel Pernett (Colombia)
3-Alain Ibañez de Opakua (Basque Country) / Jan Dabi Romero (Basque Country)
4-Joseba Zubiaurre (Basque Country) / Jon Ander Gil (Basque Country)